Alex, Jackson, Chase, and Hank

Anna and Hunter had a girl come and take Jackson's newborn pictures and they were so sweet to let us come at the end so that she could get some pictures of all four of the boys in their Christmas pajamas.  These were taken at the end of October, but I am just now putting them in.  The pictures turned out so sweet!  Here is Hank, Chase, Jackson, and Alex...they have so much fun together and I know Jackson will love playing with them soon! 

Chase and Alex with Jackson...Hank enjoyed pulling Jackson's hair, so he sat this one out! :)

She was so sweet to take one of Chase and Hank...

Oh Christmas tree Oh Christmas tree!

We always go the Saturday after Thanksgiving to get our Christmas tree and we had a great time doing that this year!  The last two years we went out to Springville to get our tree at a place down the street from Pops' and Mama Zo's house, but this year Drew had to work nights the weekend after Thanksgiving, so we got our tree from the boy scouts so it wouldn't take as long.  We missed seeing Pops, Mama Zo, and Wes while getting our tree, but Chase was a good help this year.

He had a great time running around in the trees!

 

Chase and Daddy with our tree that we picked out...

 

 

Hank, Chase, and Daddy with our tree (Hank was sleeping when we first got there)..

 

This is when we got home....both boys were already passed out and we only drove about 5 minutes...Christmas tree shopping wore them out!

After they woke up we started decorating!  Chase LOVED helping Drew put the lights on the tree this year...he was so proud! 

Chase putting his first ornament on the tree...he was such a great help and so much fun this year! 

Hank helping Daddy put his first ornament on the tree...he had such a great time this year too!

I had to take a picture of this...this is how Chase put his ornaments on the tree- he just put all of them on one branch!  Then, throughout the month of December, we would often find that Chase had moved a bunch of ornaments and put them all on the same branch again...

Here is Hank going after Chase's ornaments...I was surprised that Hank didn't do more of this this  year.  He was pretty good about leaving them alone- I guess he was too busy playing with Ruby's toys or the remote controls! :)

Chase helping Daddy vacuum the rug after we finished decorating :)

Here is Chase decorating his tree in his room...he loved his tree!  Once again, we would find all of the ornaments moved to one branch on his tree just about every day!

Chase in front of the fireplace with the stockings...

That night we watched the Auburn Alabama game....here is Hank in his jersey and I hate I didn't get one of all of the boys.  Honestly, I think we are trying to block that game out of our memories :)  But, it is still great to be an Auburn Tiger and Chase still loves his Auburn tigers! :)

Thanksgiving Day

We had a great Thanksgiving with all of our family!  We went to eat lunch with the Cochrans at Drew's Granny's house and had a great time!  I love this picture of Chase and Pops sitting together...

Hank and George had a great time playing!...

Chase had fun playing soccer with Daddy and his  uncles!

All of the boys had fun tackling Drew!

and playing with the big boys...

Hank with his Daddy...

everyone together...

Hank had to take a moment to go to his safe place :)

The Cochran family!

Chase and Pops...

Chase and Daddy...

Hank with Pops...

Chase with Wes...

Hank, Chase, and George with their Pops and Mama Zo...

Chase, George, and Hank with Granny....we missed Grandaddy this Thanksgiving but we know he had a much better Thanksgiving than we did!  We are so blessed to have Granny!

Hank with Granny...

Our little family...

After Granny's, we went to my parents to eat Thanksgiving dinner with my family...we all had a great time there too!  Chase and Alex had a great time playing together!

Hank having fun with Peg-P!

Chase doing a puzzle with Peg-P...

Alex and Chase had a great time playing on the ipad with Anna!

It was such a great Thanksgiving and we have so much to be thankful for!  It was wonderful getting to be with family!

Hank's Birthday Party!

We had Hank's birthday party on Saturday, November 17, the day after his birthday.  We just invited family, and it was such a special time for everyone to be together!  We had a turkey theme since it was the weekend before Thanksgiving...

It was a really nice day, so we were glad that we got to be outside some.  Here is Peg-P feeding the birthday boy some food....he LOVES to eat!  He usually eats his dinner and Chase's dinner each night:)

Chase and Alex ALWAYS have fun together!

Drew, Pops, and Wes eating...

I am pretty sure this was baby Jackson's first birthday party to attend!

Mama Zo feeding Hank...yes, he is still eating :)

Clay and Julie were so sweet to let us use their jump jump...the boys had such a great time!

Chase and Alex jumping...

George decided to join in...

George, Chase, and Alex all had so much fun on the playset!  George hung in there really well with the big boys!  Hank, of course, was still eating :)

This picture cracks me up of Wes playing with the boys...just another kid :)

Alex and Hank on the jump jump...the birthday boy decided to join in the fun!

Alex, Chase, and Hank playing with Drew on the jump jump...also another one of the kids!

The birthday boy with his Daddy :)

The Stanley family with Hank on his birthday! (we are so excited that baby Jackson has been added to the family!)

The Cochran family with Hank on his birthday!

Hank had a lot of fun with his birthday cake!

Chase was a good helper!

And then he got tired of the  hat!

Then he had a great time opening his presents! (and plenty of help from his brother and cousins!)

Hank with Uncle Clay...

Hank, Chase, and George with Granny and Nana...we are so blessed to have them and we were so thankful that they were able to come to Hank's party!

Chase loving on Gran...

Baby Jackson slept so peacefully through it all :)  It is hard to believe Hank was this little just one year ago!